BeefThief posted:

Old School Internet Warlord Derek Smart vs. the BBC

Recall this article (with no author listed) posted several days ago: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34548609

From the end:



One million "players", this journalist gets an F

Romes128 posted:

Derek where the blog update I'm literally about to burst with anticipation

AP posted:

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

I want to believe it's real

Gerbil_Pen posted:

A better gift than the fedora your father gave you?

Szcwczuk posted:

I'm really impressed they are getting so many people to pay so much for nothing. When this is all said and done and the smoke clears I hope someone does a book or talk no how this was all done.

Berious posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3ptdoi/xian_scout_owners_rejoice_our_patience_will_be/

Shitizens are dancing in the streets because a jpeg they have been waiting for is almost finished. It won't be flyable or even "hanger ready", just the jpeg is nearly ready and that's something to get excited about.

CIG are less productive than your average MMOHMO goon.

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-bas relief language civilisation sign inspired - shiva wheel reference
-tpolygonal structure surface - complex reference to alien technology
-triangle black structure inspired by supersonic new jet geometric fractal pattern indicated civilisation signature
-leaf organic hole in the wings + bas relief trim lign civilisation

Szcwczuk posted:

When this is all said and done and the smoke clears I hope someone does a book or talk no how this was all done.

TheLastRoboKy posted:

Wondering just how many people Chris Roberts will put under the bus to try to not own up to his massive goof-up.

joats posted:

People will do dumb things for their dream space sim just like idiots will invest in lovely survival games.

Darkpriest667 posted:

Good point, but it is living up to the standards of that wonderful hat. Funny you mention it, that's the one I am wearing today.



Now let's talk about DOXXING. The reason that it is considered such an atrocity on the internet is NOT because 6 pieces of poo poo can harass you and "ruin" your life if they find out who you are. The reason is because of the online disinhibition effect. Something I talked about in the first months I was here (I believe April I used goons as an example in one of the AP psychology classes I taught last year and posted about it here.) Frankly, it's why I have NO problem having my actual picture or my actual name.

Here is a summary. Part of the reason people act like such pieces of poo poo on the internet is because they believe they have total anonymity and no real social repercussions outside of the "net." If people had to admit who they were on the internet they'd be a lot more accountable for their actions. Of course.... Ben seems to have hosed up the online disinhibition effect because everyone knows who he is and he's still acting like a piece of crap. HOWEVER, that could come under public persona so maybe it's not counted in the study. (disclaimer: I do not have a PhD in psychology just a degree in all of the social sciences. I am not a psychologist and my opinions are only slightly above the poo poo someone with a GED would spew)

Darkpriest667 posted:

Good point, but it is living up to the standards of that wonderful hat. Funny you mention it, that's the one I am wearing today.



Now let's talk about DOXXING. The reason that it is considered such an atrocity on the internet is NOT because 6 pieces of poo poo can harass you and "ruin" your life if they find out who you are. The reason is because of the online disinhibition effect. Something I talked about in the first months I was here (I believe April I used goons as an example in one of the AP psychology classes I taught last year and posted about it here.) Frankly, it's why I have NO problem having my actual picture or my actual name.

Here is a summary. Part of the reason people act like such pieces of poo poo on the internet is because they believe they have total anonymity and no real social repercussions outside of the "net." If people had to admit who they were on the internet they'd be a lot more accountable for their actions. Of course.... Ben seems to have hosed up the online disinhibition effect because everyone knows who he is and he's still acting like a piece of crap. HOWEVER, that could come under public persona so maybe it's not counted in the study. (disclaimer: I do not have a PhD in psychology just a degree in all of the social sciences. I am not a psychologist and my opinions are only slightly above the poo poo someone with a GED would spew)

Quantum of Phallus posted:

looks like the bad ship from mass effect

D_Smart posted:

"Star Citizen - The Gizmondo Connection" was completed a few days ago and has been going back and forth with legal. I got some more feedback from legal yesterday about some stuff I need to source, remove etc. Hopefully it will be finished this weekend and posted with Mon or Tue.

SneakyFrog posted:

Is there like a medical term like priapism for "head constantly feels like its exploding"?

BluestreakBTHR posted:

Remember, when you use GCE, you pay for COMPUTE CYCLES and throughput, not data space.
Take thus for what it's worth:
The company which I currently work for as a Project Manager does some pretty intense computing in a high-performance capacity, including gpu clustering for image rendering.
They decided against GCE and AWS for the reasons that buying hardware in a data center was overall cheaper than cloud-based computing.
I did some base cost and expense based on what I think CIG would require for processing and throughput requirements, and my monthly high-end calculation was about $4mil/month.
This was based on High-availability servers with 24x7 uptime, almost maxed out cpu, and high-end gpu clustering.

Just the base costs, without gpu and load balancing, persistent disks, and bandwidth estimates at $1.2MilUSD/Month for 1500 servers (10% of entire subscriber base-ish), RHEL, 4X375GB ssd per server.

That's currently unsustainable by CIG's model.

Wise Learned Man posted:

Well, there is exploding head syndrome, but it isn't really a "constant" thing.

BluestreakBTHR posted:

I did some base cost and expense based on what I think CIG would require for processing and throughput requirements, and my monthly high-end calculation was about $4mil/month.

Palpek posted:

This requires the image being posted:



All the spelling mistakes are in the original. Buzzword + buzzword + spergword + buzzword lol

I have no words for how dumb that sounds. Also apparently everything that has a pattern and looks organic = fractal inspired

Agrajag posted:

looks like poo poo

Chalks posted:

Looks like a really complicated Dyson.

Truga posted:

What the poo poo? They're hosting game servers, not simulating the galaxy.

.. oh. Oh I see. Yes, you have a good point there.

Agrajag posted:

looks like poo poo

SneakyFrog posted:

i had the same issue with cloud services, our data volume is just too large for its economic feasibility, iron on site was about the only thing to do.

AP posted:

revmoo posted:

Same. Our cluster is ~40 servers now, and we just decided to get into building our own backblaze pods because nothing on the market is cheap enough. The cloud is expensive when you try and do actual computation.

G0RF posted:

This is the wordiest drat cry for help I've seen yet.

Maldoror posted:

SneakyFrog posted:

its like something on the wall at a lovely chain coffeeshop thats trying to be "unique"

Wafflz posted:

*unless seraph reregged again

B_of_InfoRedux posted:

Exactly this.

I don't think people really understand what a doxx is. I agree Derek was in the right to remove the name, but that wasn't a doxx. People love to throw that accusation as some form of character assassination and it's just sad. Linking to public pages isn't doxxing. If it was then Google would be constantly in trouble. If you use Google to find the info... Just think about that for a second. It's on Google? So what would that mean, by the understanding in the original post, mean Google is doing? Just saying.

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So yes, doxing is illegal, no matter who the target. The difference is when it is on the internet it is Federal, or State. When it is not via cyber space it is State issue/laws/ remedy only. Read this for an example.

Both criminal activities.

“Doxing“ is a legal term that means revealing “documents” about a person. This can range from revealing the name of a person who uses an alias, but more commonly refers to revealing whatever the person doing it feels will harm, shame, humiliate, endanger, or put the person at some risk. Doxing is a form of stalking or threatening and is illegal under many different federal and state laws, depending on the exact facts and location.

Revealing a “name” per se’ may, or may not be considered “Doxing” depending on the level of anticipated anonymity. However, in this law, the term “restricted personal information” means, “with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual.” This is an important distinction to remember.

Once you outline the address or location of a person, within which a person can be placed at risk, YOU have VIOLATED THE LAW. PERIOD.

This law is about acts that endanger the safety of, or encourage attacks against, a person or a person’s family. It is not about where you found the information.

18 USC § 119

Doxing is always illegal, whether it is done against a federal employee, a state employee, or a regular person. There are federal and state laws that specifically address doxing government employees 18 U.S.C. Sec 371 (18 U.S.C. Sec 119).

However, when acts are on the internet, they extend into all the states. Thereby allowing the victim to choose the state of filing which may, or may not, be the state of residence for the victim(s) or perpetrator(s).

Increasingly with internet use, attorneys are affirming representation to the state with the strongest current legal remedies for Doxing, Cyber-Stalking, or Harassment.

Misinformation was spread that doxing is legal. I am not sure how or why anyone fell for that misinformation. Surely, people must understand instinctively, even if they were misled about the law, that if they are threatening someone or putting them at risk, or tormenting or harassing the other on the internet, that this must be illegal.

Common sense would tell you that bullying or jeopardizing another would be illegal in some way. So yes, doxing is illegal, no matter who the target. The difference is when it is on the internet it is Federal, or State. When it is not via cyber space it is State issue/laws/ remedy only.

When you do something on the internet, it reaches into every state and you open yourself up to potentially being prosecuted under the laws of any state.

In addition, since it is being done in interstate commerce (the internet), you can be accountable under federal law.

Also, if you dox someone using an internet website or service such as Facebook or Twitter or most other such services, such as WordPress or Blogger, and your intent is stalking, cyber stalking, cyber-bullying, harassment, invasion of privacy, threatening, terroristic threatening, endangering the safety of, intentional infliction of emotional distress or intimidation, you are probably violating the Terms of Service under the media contract which binds your activity from your acceptance of the terms.

Violating the terms of service can actually be a federal crime, depending on the situation, and especially so when the terms are violated in order to harm a person.